Prerequisites
In order to connect your Microsoft Office 365 to ResourceXpress, you will first need the following ready before proceeding:
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4. Resource mailboxes already created under your Office 365 account.
Please refer to Office 365 - Creating Resource Mailboxes for help on this.
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The ResourceXpress user account will require Full Access permissions to each resource account in order to create, amend and delete bookings. To give Full Access permissions to a resource, sign onto your Office 365 admin center with your administrator account. Enter the Exchange admin center. Under Recipients then click on Resources. Select a resource and click on the edit icon on the toolbar:  Configurable settings for the resource will appear in a new window. Select mailbox delegation on the left-hand side, and scroll down to the third option, Full Access. Click on the + button:  Search for the designated ResourceXpress user as well as any additional users that will have the ability to edit bookings for this resource. Select and Add the account to the list on the bottom. Click OK.  Click Save. These steps will need to be repeated for each Resource that will be utilized with ResourceXpress. You can also assign Full Access Permissions via PowerShell with the below cmdlet.
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To connect ResourceXpress to Microsoft Office 365, the Exchange Web Service URL is needed. Most commonly, the URL will be: https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx If this does not apply to your O365 account, please refer to this guideOffice 365 - Finding the EWS Address |
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Log onto ResourceXpress in your browser using your given URL and credentials. Under Administration Settings on the top navigation bar, go to System Settings. On the first tab you see (Resource Server), you will see the screen below:  Refer to the following table to fill in the information required:
Once the information above is entered, click Save. Important Note: Configuring the above options will enable the use of Basic Authentication to O365 only. On October-13 2020 Microsoft will retire the use of Basic Authentication making the use of Modern Authentication (OAuth 2.0) mandatory. We strongly recommend you configure your application to use OAuth authentication before this date. The use of OAuth authentication requires different fields to be populated. Please see Office 365 OAuth 2.0 Configuration for further information. To check that ResourceXpress is successfully connected to Microsoft Office 365, enter the CAPTCHA image on the bottom of the page and click Check Server. A successful connection will display a message similar to the image below:  |
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